Ok I had an original K&N filter before and also currently have an authentic k&n breather as well... if you look closely at the cotton gauze material, it's kinda of a "cheesecloth" square pattern material.
Guys with the real K&N please look. You'll know what i mean.

Ok, i check out the replica's of K&N and even asked the sales guy if these are washable like K&N. he goes yes, but i look very close at the filter and i see the material is more of a "paper" like filter. no SQUARE cheesecloth material. it's just like many strains of fibre just pressed together.. something like you would find in regular coffee filters etc.

i look closely, doesn't seem to be oil on it either... i'm wondering to myself, wtf will happen if i spray the K&N cleaner on it? probably it'll do nothing.. it should turn white if cleaned, cuz the oil makes it red with the dye.

anyhow i have few questions:

1. so are these the washable K&N filters or wtf are they? they are present in stuff like simota, S&B, ractive etc.

2. How bad are these filters, do they flow less and filter less

3. Is this ---- filter going to hurt my turbo sucking in air?

thanks

 

nice, no one helps

doesnt' matter, got the cheap pos filter, seems to work fine and looks cool (blue)

 

Sorry man, guess it's a little late for some input, but I'll give it anyway. I have one of those Ractive filters and it seems fine. just as good if not better than the K&N in my opinion. It's actually the high flow version, so there isn't any cotton gauze in there at all. Just a few small layers of screen mesh. It should work well for my turbo setup, but it's on there for na right now.

 

I had a rip=off brand filter before, and now went to K&N. K&N's quality is far superior to their rip-off competitors. Will you stick a FRAM oil filter simply to save some cash? Also, K&N's filters have a lifetime warranty, or at least mine came with on, simply wash it out, spray on or squirt on their cleaner and oil and voila it's like new.

 

whats the problem with FRAM oil filters?